I just read Liptak's analysis in the Times. Suggest it. SCOTUS rulings: 1A forbids government from using coercion backed by threats of punishment to suppress speech.
Is Trump trying to create an "emergency?" If this was done to an American boat would it be considered an act of war? Is Trump trying to provoke something?
While I abhor both of them, I don't think that they should have announced anything. The discussion needs to be shared with Ukraine and NATO before sharing any substance with the public.